Biopsy of sacroiliac joint at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
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Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$290.51 with United vs $17,715.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $290.51 | — |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $290.51 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $427.95 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $434.30 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $475.94 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $503.75 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $689.95 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,062.44 | — |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,062.44 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,561.47 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,983.22 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,103.10 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,103.10 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,103.10 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,103.10 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,103.10 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2,103.10 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2,103.10 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,166.19 | — |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,313.41 | — |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,154.65 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,599.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $8,002.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,002.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $8,002.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,480.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $9,774.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,217.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $17,715.00 | — |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy of sacroiliac joint at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | not published | $290.51 – $2,103.10 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $357.33 – $3,600.64 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2,166.95 – $6,619.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $290.51 – $2,033.48 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $290.51 – $290.51 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $290.51 – $2,033.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $290.51 – $2,033.48 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $290.51 – $2,033.48 |